Shloka 157

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

सेन्द्रेषु चैव लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठां विन्दते शुभाम्‌ इह लोके यश: प्राप्प शान्तपाप्मा च मोदते

Transliteration

sendreṣu caiva lokeṣu pratiṣṭhāṁ vindate śubhām | iha loke yaśaḥ prāpya śāntapāpmā ca modate ||

Translation

ဝသိဋ္ဌက ပြောသည်။ အင်္ဒြာနှင့် အခြား လောကပာလများ အုပ်စိုးသော လောကများတွင် သူသည် မင်္ဂလာရှိသော အဆင့်အတန်းနှင့် ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကို ရရှိသည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဤလောက၌လည်း ကောင်းသော နာမည်ကျော်ကြားမှုကို ရရှိကာ အပြစ်အနာအဆာများ ငြိမ်းသက်၍ စိတ်အေးချမ်းလျက် ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ နေထိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• स-इन्द्रेषु: in (the worlds) together with Indra / where Indra is present
• स-इन्द्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: status/standing/renown
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विन्दते: obtains/finds
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विन्दति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• शुभाम्: auspicious/excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यशः: fame/glory
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• शान्त-पाप्मा: one whose sin is pacified/removed; sinless
• शान्त-पाप्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मोदते: rejoices/enjoys
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (मोदते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• इन्द्र (Indra)
• लोकपाल (Lokapālas, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right conduct (dharma) yields a double fruit: auspicious honor in higher realms (among Indra and the lokapālas) and, in this world, good reputation and inner peace—described as being ‘śānta-pāpmā’, with sin quieted or removed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is concluding a merit-fruit statement: he describes the reward that accrues to a person who has followed the prescribed virtuous practice under discussion—social esteem and joy here, and elevated standing in celestial realms beyond.